How ships bring agonising death to last Greek whales
by Government promises action on collisions to avoid slaughter on busy shipping routes
Month: May 2018
Featured Stories / News / Opinion / Peace / Politics
Questioning War is a Civic Duty. Why Do So Few Do It?
By Kevin Basl “How do you motivate men and women to fight and die for a cause many of them don’t believe in, and whose purpose …
‘We can’t see a future’: group takes EU to court over climate change
Litigants from eight countries claim EU institutions are not protecting fundamental rights
Culture / Featured Stories / Justice / News / Opinion
The Moral Revolution America Needs
Thousands of civil rights advocates, low-wage workers, and religious leaders kicked off massive protests in an effort to revive Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign.
Climate change on track to cause major insect wipeout, scientists warn
Insects are vital to ecosystems but will lose almost half their habitat under current climate projections
Investors urge fossil fuel firms to shun Trump’s Arctic drilling plans
Oil extraction in Alaskan wilderness area would be an ‘irresponsible business decision’, trillion-dollar investors say
A broken idea of sex is flourishing. Blame capitalism
In this world, women are marketed as toys and trophies. Are we surprised when some men take things literally?
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Scenes From a Black Site
by Daniel DeFraia, special to ProPublica Recently declassified CIA documents provide the first detailed look at the interrogation in Thailand of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the …
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This is America: the theories behind Childish Gambino’s satirical masterpiece
The rapper, AKA Donald Glover, has released a cryptic new video that amassed 10m views in 24 hours and has been hailed as a work of genius. But what does it mean?
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Fighting Back in the War on the Poor
Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream to build a massive movement of all poor people, united across lines of division, challenging conditions of poverty, systemic racism, and militarism…